Combination table and mangle.



No. 773,448. PATBNTED OGT. 25, 1904.

M. AANBNSEN. i COMBINATION TABLE AND MANGLE. APPLIUATION H'Lnn Nov. 2, 1903. N0 MODEL Mums-SHEET 1.

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M. AANENSEN. GOMBNATIGN TABLE AND MANGLE.y

APPLICATION FILED NDV. 2. 1903.

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COMBINATION TABLE AND IVIANGLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,448, dated October 25, v904. Application filed November 2, 1903. Serial No. 179,462. (No model.)

T all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHIAS AANENSEN, a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oombination Tables and Mangles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved combination table and mangle and ironing-board; and to this end it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, Yand defined in the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a view in end elevation, with some parts broken away, showing the complete device, the extended position being indicated by -dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device with the table-top extended, as shown in Fig. 1. plete device. Fig. 4. is a section on the line fc* af* 4of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line m5. of Fig.2.

The numeral 1 -indicates the rectangular frame of the table, the same being provided with a false top or ironing-board 2, secured in a horizontal position below the top of the said frame. Mangle-rollers 3 are placed on the ironing-board 2, and resting loosely upon these rollers and working' between the sides of the frame 1 is a reciprocating mangle-box L1, having' a fiat ironing-board 5, which directly rests upon the rollers 3. Near its ends the mangle-box A is provided with transverse rods 6, which serve as handpieces, by means of which the ma'ngle-box may be reciprocated. The mangle-box A is adapted to contain sand, rocks, or other heavy material to give it the desired weight. At its intermediate portion it is further provided with a transverse beam 7, theends of which project to afford stops which, by engagement with the corner-posts Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the comf of the frame l, limit the extreme movements or reciprocations of the mangLe-box.

At its intermediate portion the frame 1 is provided with side posts l, which terminate below the projecting ends of the stop-beam 7. To one of these posts 1 is hinged a folding bracket 8, having at its outer end a vertical leg 8, which extends from the floor to the top of said frame 1.

The table-top 9 rests loosely upon the longitudinal upper side beams of the frame 1 and has secured thereto transverse cleats 10, that are notched at their ends for engagement with the said side beamsof the frame, as best shown in Fig. 1, to hold the said table-top from accidental displacement transversely of the frame. Outward of the cleats 10 the said table-top is further provided with depending stop-boards 11, that embrace the ends of the frame 1 and hold the table-top from displacement longitudinally of the frame 1. An ironing-board 12 telescopes through a seat in one of the stop-boards 1 1 and works between guidestrips 13 and through the cleats 10. This ironing-board 12 is thus adapted to be drawn out into an exposed position where it may be used or to be telescoped into its seat in the under side of the table-top, where it will be entirely out of the way. When the supporting-bracket 8 is turned outward, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 by dotted lines, it aords a support for the outer portion ofthe table-top. To extend the tabletop, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it is only necessary to first raise the same slightly and then move the same toward the left until the right-hand notches of its cleats 10 engage with the left-hand longitudinal bar of the frame 1, in which position the upper end of the leg 8a of the outturned supporting-bracket 8 will engage the table-top to support the same and will engage the left-hand guide-strip 18 to hold the table-top against further movement toward the left. It will thus be seen that when the table is extended, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it is itself in position for use, but uncovers the mangle-box, so that the mangle may bes used, the tablestop thus affording a convenient support for the clothes which are to be ironed or treated by the mangle. As is well known in the usc of the mangle, the clothes or the cloth to be treated or ironed is wrapped about the triangle-rollers and is pressed or roned by reciprocation of the mangle-box.

The device above described, while extremely sin'iple and easy to manipulate, is very service able `for the several purposes had in View and when desired may be adjusted so that it occupies no more space than-the table.

vWhat l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

The combination with a table made up of a frame l and a detachable top 9, of a supporting-bracket 8 hinged to one side of the tableframe and cooperating with the table-frame to support the table-top in an extended position, a triangle-board 2 supported by the tableframe, below its top, mangle-rollers 3 working' on said mangle-board, a reciprocating mangle-box 4 working' on said rollers and having a beam 7 the ends of which form stops for limiting its extreme movements, substantially as described.

In testimony whereo` l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MATHIAS AANENSEN. Vitnesses:

ELIZABETH H. KELIHER, F. D. MERCHANT. 

